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Tomato & edam open-sandwich with flavored oil

31 August, 2008 (23:15) | Cooking, Food

Now I am looking at numerous flavored oils published by Ann Kleinberg, I just wish I had my herb garden back (I had one when lived in New Jersey) as her collection is just amasing, from lemongrass & lime, cilantro to orange spice oil!
Combining two of Ann’s recipes (rosemary & thyme oil, plus walnut oil), [...]

Springtime shrimp

15 May, 2008 (19:01) | Copenhagen, Travel

Ready…set…PEEL!
Springtime in Copenhagen often brings with it a change in diet. As the trees and flowers blossom and bloom, those often talked-about new potatoes begin to arrive, barbeques are fired up for the first time in several months, and so on and so forth.
The other day I had an amusing discussion while eating what I [...]

Home-made egg pasta with beetroot & walnut sauce

10 May, 2008 (04:30) | Cooking, Food

Fresh egg pasta in beetroot and walnut sauce, garnish with poppy seeds and parsley

“She can’t cook!” my sister warned me about her domestic helper, Ethylene, before I went to her home for lunch last summer. Btw, my sister likes Ethylene a lot.

“She must be able to cook one thing or two? Didn’t you tell [...]

"Beret" with artichoke sauce and mandarin orange

10 May, 2008 (04:28) | Cooking, Food

I always have this formular in my head: taste + texture + anitcipation ==> flavor.

The third element, anticipation, explains why our dishes of this time better (or not) than last time.

When I was little, we really got to wait until summer to have watermelon and cantaloupe, now they are available almost year-round. However, I don’t [...]

One Local Summer

4 May, 2008 (04:32) | Food, Health

The 2008 One Local Summer sign ups are going on now at Farm to Philly. I am committed to eating local all summer starting now for me. Just the other night we had the best salad in the world from edible wildflowers (redbud blossoms, borage) home grown on our terrace lettuce, cilantro, hazelnuts from [...]